In summer 2018, I led a Dementia-Friendly Churches Training Day in Guernsey. It’s wonderful to hear from St Saviour’s Church there about the next steps they’ve taken
More talk, more tables please!
Making sense of an upside-down world
Brave and foolish or a wasted time?
An open letter to those with a sacred vocation
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself
Enlightening session at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
'Eliza Grey' play - helping your church and community to become more dementia-friendly
"All it takes to see we're still us"
Friendly staff in Shifnal
14-church landmark in Shropshire
Interview with the vicar, Revd Maureen Read
Jeremy Stretton is Dementia coordinator for a church in north Shropshire
The 14 churches of Ellesmere Deanery have signed up to becoming Dementia-friendly Churches
Read the experiences of two Dementia-Friendly Church coordinators
Thinking about dementia can be overwhelming, but small steps add up.
Good practice for visiting nursing and residential homes
St Andrew's Church, Church Aston recently held a dementia-friendly Songs of Praise service.
Admin Admiration at GP centres
Among other things, news of a Dementia-friendly 'Songs of Praise' this coming Sunday
Su Parker reflects on an award-winning night for the Diocese.
Moments that can open up constructive conversations
A longer version of a blog written for the Alzheimer's Society
A simple Easter service at Donnington Wood, Telford
Forgetting and Remembering - Prayer Shawls as a Powerful Way of Remembering
Nearly 50 people gathered at St Andrew's Church Shifnal last month, for the start of Dementia Awareness Week 2016. Rachel Christophers, winner last November's 'Best Resident/Relative Contribution' in the national Dementia Care Awards, spoke on 'Living well with dementia'.
A post inspired by Josie Edwards, co-ordinator for St Matthew's Church, Donnington Wood with a local residential home for adults with complex needs.
Words from Rev Dr Sam Wells' "Thought for the Day" on dementia on 22 September have been living with me.
Revd Zoe Heming, the curate in Hodnet Deanery (in and around Market Drayton) has written a 'Dear Dementia' letter.
When Meg got married in August, she wanted to remember her granddad. He had had dementia and he died earlier in the year.
